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seward said that even smart or people failed to see the difficulty of the union's task. they didn't apprehend the vast extent of the rebellion, as he put it. military operations, to be successful, must be on a scale hitherto practically unknown in the art of war. >> the second year of the civil war, a strained federal government and weak union forces. david von drahle on 1862 and abraham lincoln's rise to greatness, monday, the 24th at 8:30 ian, part of four days of booktv this weekend and right through christmas day on c-span2. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> a survey by the national institute on drug abuse shows that drinking and cigarette smoking was down among high school students in 2012 but marijuana use remains high. the director also noted that
seward said that even smart or people failed to see the difficulty of the union's task. they didn't apprehend the vast extent of the rebellion, as he put it. military operations, to be successful, must be on a scale hitherto practically unknown in the art of war. >> the second year of the civil war, a strained federal government and weak union forces. david von drahle on 1862 and abraham lincoln's rise to greatness, monday, the 24th at 8:30 ian, part of four days of booktv this weekend...
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he said that even smart people failed to see the difficulty of the union's task. they didn't apprehend the vast extent of the rebellion, as he put it. military operations to be successful, must be on a scale hithered to practically unknown in the art of war. >>> the second year of the civil war. a strained federal government and weak union forces. devastate on 1862 on "rise to greatness." part of four days of booktv this weekend and through christmas day on c-span2. >>> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate and weeknights watch key public policy efforts and every latest the non-fiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedule at our website. you can join in the conversation on social media sides. -- sites. >>> last month more than 300 minutes u.k. youth parliament ages 11 to 18 gathered in the british house of commons for the annual debate. the students debated public transportation costs, jobs, marriage equality, the minimum wage, and school curriculum. speak
he said that even smart people failed to see the difficulty of the union's task. they didn't apprehend the vast extent of the rebellion, as he put it. military operations to be successful, must be on a scale hithered to practically unknown in the art of war. >>> the second year of the civil war. a strained federal government and weak union forces. devastate on 1862 on "rise to greatness." part of four days of booktv this weekend and through christmas day on c-span2....
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the union armies struggling to grow virtually overnight from a few thousand men scattered across the continent to more than half a million. the inexperienced officers thrust into command of the raw volunteers were stymied by the sheer size of the break away confederate states of america which covered a space larger than the entire european territory conquered by napoleon. the closest adviser was the secretary of state and said that even smart people failed to see the difficulty of the union's tasks. they didn't apprehend the vast extent of the rebellion as he put it. military operations, to be successful, must be on a scale hitterred to prakically unknown in the war. >> the second year of the war, weak union forces, daifdz von brehle on 1862 and lincoln's rise to greatness at 8:30 eastern this weekend and right through christmas day on c-span2. >> senator daniel of hawaii given a rare honor of lying in state in the capitol rue tun da today. he died sunday in an area hospital. he's the second longest serving senator in u.s. history. after the arrival at the capital, congressional lead
the union armies struggling to grow virtually overnight from a few thousand men scattered across the continent to more than half a million. the inexperienced officers thrust into command of the raw volunteers were stymied by the sheer size of the break away confederate states of america which covered a space larger than the entire european territory conquered by napoleon. the closest adviser was the secretary of state and said that even smart people failed to see the difficulty of the union's...
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believe it or not the day before he left it out of message from the union station in baltimore saying they had a package for us. we wound down to get it. it was a cocker spaniel dog in a crate sent all the way from texas, black-and-white spotted and her little girl tricia 6-year-old girl named him checkers. the kids love the dog and i want to say this right now there is this charlton heston among us all a regardless of what they say about it. that is of course the central thing that nixon talks about and what gets the name for the speech itself. nixon was very knowingly taking a line from fdr's famous speech and nixon thought it would be great to kind of like make the democrats mad by taking their great leaders onwards and flipping them around to defend himself in what nixon is doing throughout the speech is very clearly that he is divorcing the populist tradition which is rooted in the struggle in the late 19th century among small farmers, and trying to channel their hatred of banks and especially real estate people, who are kind of keeping the small guy down, keeping the small farme
believe it or not the day before he left it out of message from the union station in baltimore saying they had a package for us. we wound down to get it. it was a cocker spaniel dog in a crate sent all the way from texas, black-and-white spotted and her little girl tricia 6-year-old girl named him checkers. the kids love the dog and i want to say this right now there is this charlton heston among us all a regardless of what they say about it. that is of course the central thing that nixon talks...
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have the curtain for life, petition transport, and we already have at least one work at an area of our union chose. what our campaign currently is called one fair wage, an equal wage for all. my friend andrew writes, he trains people and because he is under 21, the people he trains make more money than him. is that fair? if we did -- if we vote for this dish urge you to vote for this, because if we did this, it would be a stronger and fairer campaign, which is already on the road to success. [applause] >> thank you very much indeed. who have we got from the southeast? yes, this gentleman. you've been trying a number of times. your patience is rewarded, sir. >> solomon, nyp for hastings. thank you mr. speaker. over 100 years ago, gentleman stood at this spot, called benjamin disisrael, and it's really important that when everybody talked about somebody being of a certain age and not earning the same as an older person, that we endorse that. i think it's really important we support this notion but at the same time i don't understand why it's a minimum wage and not a living wage. i think people
have the curtain for life, petition transport, and we already have at least one work at an area of our union chose. what our campaign currently is called one fair wage, an equal wage for all. my friend andrew writes, he trains people and because he is under 21, the people he trains make more money than him. is that fair? if we did -- if we vote for this dish urge you to vote for this, because if we did this, it would be a stronger and fairer campaign, which is already on the road to success....
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just as we were able to prevail in the long struggle against the soviet union during the cold war, we can prevail in the global conflict with islamist extremism and terrorism that we were forced in to predict terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001. but all that to will require leadership in the united states senate. it will require leaders who will stand against the siren song of isolationism, who will defend our defense and foreign assistance budget, who will support when necessary the use of america's military power against our enemies in the world and who will have the patience and determination when the public grows weary to see our battles through until they are one. mr. president, i first stepped foot in this chamber, sit years ago in the summer of 1963 comments by a thick so many in my generation that president john f. kennedy and his call to service. i spent that summer rate here in the senate as an intern for my home state senator, he burmah koff. he was then renamed and other personal hero mine. although i never would've said that it so publicly that and because it was so p
just as we were able to prevail in the long struggle against the soviet union during the cold war, we can prevail in the global conflict with islamist extremism and terrorism that we were forced in to predict terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001. but all that to will require leadership in the united states senate. it will require leaders who will stand against the siren song of isolationism, who will defend our defense and foreign assistance budget, who will support when necessary the use of...
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we both entered the union at the same time in 1959. as a matter of fact i know as a kid growing up i wasn't sure if we had to senators were three senators because senator inouye's name was so well nonprofit alaska. winner states injured in 1959 there was opposition to both of us becoming states that we have proven our opponents wrong. thanks to daniel inouye hawaii has become a modern, prosperous state and many alaskans have a special fondness for the 50th state, especially have to say at this time of year when it's 40 below in fairbanks. daniel inouye began his public career in service at the age of 17. when he entered the army after the attack on pearl harbor. he served with incredible distinction, earning the nation's highest military medal for actions in italy. as a member of the senate, dan inouye continued his fierce defense of his state and his partnership with alaska. my predecessor of. [laughing] senator stevens new senator inouye is his brother. they were together and produce much good for both of our states. that will last f
we both entered the union at the same time in 1959. as a matter of fact i know as a kid growing up i wasn't sure if we had to senators were three senators because senator inouye's name was so well nonprofit alaska. winner states injured in 1959 there was opposition to both of us becoming states that we have proven our opponents wrong. thanks to daniel inouye hawaii has become a modern, prosperous state and many alaskans have a special fondness for the 50th state, especially have to say at this...
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as you are familiar with, the union developer, redevelopment of union station involves a significant public or private partnership with a private real estate developer. and the same is true with proposed be developed of moynihan station in new york. so yes with respective stations, there is great opportunity to leverage private investment for the department of those stations to pay for the transportation function of those stations. >> and how about as far as phase one? the rail over the environmental process. >> what we will be doing in phase one is to evaluate what potential private investment might be. that is definitely part of the scope of work of phase one. so we will be studying that spent and how about phase two, what type of private investment are you looking for in phase to? >> well, we will find out in phase one what we come you, that's what phase one is to find out is to what the potential is for private investment, for private going forward. >> unlike in california, the northeast corridor service provides, my numbers to show 75% of rail air market. what's the proportion o
as you are familiar with, the union developer, redevelopment of union station involves a significant public or private partnership with a private real estate developer. and the same is true with proposed be developed of moynihan station in new york. so yes with respective stations, there is great opportunity to leverage private investment for the department of those stations to pay for the transportation function of those stations. >> and how about as far as phase one? the rail over the...
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here is another example in union beach, half a home -- half a home. but that whole community was significantly devastated. you know, you can see -- you know, if yo you were to see this community, rows and roses of houses reduced to rubble, and i think that that is the reality of what we have as a continuation of those neighborhoods in union beach. i was talkin to the mayor todayt of a group of mayors as their challenges, and this is an example of what he's facing throughout his community. so the storm damage is real, and the governors' requests for funding, which were actually $20 billion higher than the supplemental that we are debating, is significant, that it was $20 billion higher than the amount that we're debating. and these requests were scrubbed by o.m.b. from the governo gove' original request, gone over by the committee with a fine-tooth comb. and everything in the bill is about declared disasters. so now it is time to come to our neighbor's help. the second thing is there are those who come to the floor and say that they're upset about the
here is another example in union beach, half a home -- half a home. but that whole community was significantly devastated. you know, you can see -- you know, if yo you were to see this community, rows and roses of houses reduced to rubble, and i think that that is the reality of what we have as a continuation of those neighborhoods in union beach. i was talkin to the mayor todayt of a group of mayors as their challenges, and this is an example of what he's facing throughout his community. so...
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part of the women's christian union. you don't get any more devout than that. the whole bunch of them were that way. and then going overseas, i recall killing the first german. the thing that haunts me is that i was jubilant. i was proud. the fellows around me had me on the back and said, terrific, terrific. i just killed a human being. and to think that working change a person so drastically, it has been with me all the time or it when it comes to going into war, i am very cautious here. for example, i'm against giving the president the authorization to make a strike on iraq. because i didn't think that was a war that was fully justified. and it was not a war that we were prepared for. >> let's talk about how you got involved in politics and public service. when did you decide to enter public service, and had your previous experiences and education prepared you for that? >> as a young boy, i shattered my arm, a compound fracture. and i was deeply impressed by the orthopedic surgeon who fixed it up. from then on, i decided that my goal in life was to become som
part of the women's christian union. you don't get any more devout than that. the whole bunch of them were that way. and then going overseas, i recall killing the first german. the thing that haunts me is that i was jubilant. i was proud. the fellows around me had me on the back and said, terrific, terrific. i just killed a human being. and to think that working change a person so drastically, it has been with me all the time or it when it comes to going into war, i am very cautious here. for...
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he was a remarkable man who ran away from slavery, joined the union army had just a remarkable man and mrs. obama's great uncle told me oh yeah, peg leg because he lost his leg in the war. i thought, peg legged scooter i love that. i went to the archives and i found this civil war his military record and his civil war pension and there was no medical file. the man had two legs. [laughter] and i thought oh, what do i do with that? and i thought, but you know this was the kind of man who made you think that was possible. he was the kind of man who is bigger than life and of course he would have lost his leg in the war. [laughter] >> speaking of water, as a source of evidence for the war records, there's this one beautifully written passage in i want to read it first of all because it reflects how beautiful prose is in the book but it's on hold fully this book matches the advance copy that i have. yes it does. i'm going to read this passage to get you all excited about what you are in store for when you pick up the book it also raises the question, it's about how you discover certain reco
he was a remarkable man who ran away from slavery, joined the union army had just a remarkable man and mrs. obama's great uncle told me oh yeah, peg leg because he lost his leg in the war. i thought, peg legged scooter i love that. i went to the archives and i found this civil war his military record and his civil war pension and there was no medical file. the man had two legs. [laughter] and i thought oh, what do i do with that? and i thought, but you know this was the kind of man who made you...
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it's not a giveaway to unions or the workers they represent. it's just a commonsense policy that helps workers and communities recover and make sure that taxpayers get the best bang for their buck. so the workers affected by hurricane sandy are not just rebuilding businesses, houses, schools, roads. they're rebuilding entire communities and neighborhoods. the foundation for one of this is good jobs with fair wages. the davis-bacon act is a critical part of helping communities across the east coast recover. i urge my colleagues to oppose the paul amendment. mr. paul: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i rise in support of amendment 3410 which would take the spending for sandy relief and spend only one year at a time and would offset that spending with spending cuts. you ask why would we want would do that? well, if you've been watching congress in recent years, you might understand that we're not very good with money up here. all right, we're spending $1 trillion each year we don't have, and there's to me,
it's not a giveaway to unions or the workers they represent. it's just a commonsense policy that helps workers and communities recover and make sure that taxpayers get the best bang for their buck. so the workers affected by hurricane sandy are not just rebuilding businesses, houses, schools, roads. they're rebuilding entire communities and neighborhoods. the foundation for one of this is good jobs with fair wages. the davis-bacon act is a critical part of helping communities across the east...
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ably some sense of shared destiny in the sense they were both from the two last states to join the union, not part of the continental united states, as the first senators and were here so long, but really what united them is an enormous dedication to america. patriotism. and i said that dan inouye's legacy is in connecticut and probably most every other state. i could just go around the state and i'm thinking particularly of the years and years that danny was the chairman of the appropriations committee, and the defense appropriations committee there wasn't anything that we were able to do for connecticut in that time that he didn't support. protecting long island sound. the connecticut river. and improving our transportation systems. making grants to schools and colleges and universities, support of the defense industries in connecticut, which have meant so much to the defense of our kin true but also to the economy of our state. so, i salute his memory. all of us should honor and it try to emulate this great man. we come 0 to the floor today to thank our colleagues for adopting a unani
ably some sense of shared destiny in the sense they were both from the two last states to join the union, not part of the continental united states, as the first senators and were here so long, but really what united them is an enormous dedication to america. patriotism. and i said that dan inouye's legacy is in connecticut and probably most every other state. i could just go around the state and i'm thinking particularly of the years and years that danny was the chairman of the appropriations...
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hawaii and alaska, these two fine men representing the two newest states of the union became like brothers and that is the truth. so, mr. president, it's really a shame that dan isn't with us anymore. he was never afraid to speak out against discrimination and was an important advocate for native hawaiians and native pacific islanders. he was the chair of the indian affairs committee. prior to that time, with all due respect to other chairs, it wasn't a committee people knew much about. senator inouye made that a powerful committee. he traveled the country, receiving all the accolades from these tribes who had never been recognized, who had never had someone that became their advocate and he was. he put the indian affairs committee on the map. served as chairman. commerce committee, the appropriations committee, president pro tem of the senate, the first chair of the committee on intelligence. he served as a member of the watergate committee and chairman of the special committee investigating the iran-contra affair. i repeat, mr. president, this man has been one of the greatest senators in
hawaii and alaska, these two fine men representing the two newest states of the union became like brothers and that is the truth. so, mr. president, it's really a shame that dan isn't with us anymore. he was never afraid to speak out against discrimination and was an important advocate for native hawaiians and native pacific islanders. he was the chair of the indian affairs committee. prior to that time, with all due respect to other chairs, it wasn't a committee people knew much about. senator...
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his father got another job working for union oil and got more money. >> host: was that put up -- >> guest: that was put up a couple years ago. very controversial. they were people there who didn't want that statute to go a. obama, i think he ran for president of indonesia would win in a landslide. everywhere in the world there's some controversy about any politician. and so there's some questions about it but not everyone in indonesia is very proud of him than what what was his life like in jakarta? >> guest: imagine being a six-year-old kid thrown into the place we didn't know the language or the culture and you're just living in sort of middle class, lower middle class section of town, and with alleyways and the exotic sounds and smells of the big city of jakarta. with your mother going to work and your father riding a motorbike to his job, and just being thrown in with the people. and that was his life. the adapter. he had to adapt. and obama's life is a series of adaptations. >> host: why did he leave jakarta in 1971? >> guest: well, he left because his mother community, by the way th
his father got another job working for union oil and got more money. >> host: was that put up -- >> guest: that was put up a couple years ago. very controversial. they were people there who didn't want that statute to go a. obama, i think he ran for president of indonesia would win in a landslide. everywhere in the world there's some controversy about any politician. and so there's some questions about it but not everyone in indonesia is very proud of him than what what was his life...
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and his father got another job working for union oil. >> was africa after that? >> it was very controversial. there are people that were very upset. obama won in a landslide. but everywhere in the world, there is some controversy about any politician. so there are some questions about it. but not everyone understands. >> what was his lifelike in jakarta? >> guest: he is perfectly immersed. imagine a six-year-old child being immersed in the culture. sort of a lower middle class action. the exotic smells of jakarta. his father riding a motorbike to his job. his mother was there as well. that was his wife, life, he adapted. he had to adapt. but he did the best he could. >> host: why did he leave jakarta in 1971? >> guest: his mother couldn't afford to send them there. those 3.5 years, he is in indonesia, immersed in the language. the mother is waking up at 4:00 a.m. to teach him with english schoolbooks to supplement his learning. it is very difficult. and the whole process was something that she realized that she loved indonesia, she was still married, she wanted t
and his father got another job working for union oil. >> was africa after that? >> it was very controversial. there are people that were very upset. obama won in a landslide. but everywhere in the world, there is some controversy about any politician. so there are some questions about it. but not everyone understands. >> what was his lifelike in jakarta? >> guest: he is perfectly immersed. imagine a six-year-old child being immersed in the culture. sort of a lower middle...
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as we work to continue perfecting our union, the importance of this law cannot be overstated. that's why the voting rights act enjoys a broad spectrum of support. in 2006, the senate voted unanimously 98-0 to reauthorize it, and just this year, the department of justice used its authority under section 5 of the voting rights act to object to new voter identification laws that threaten to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters. in texas, according to the state's own data, more than 79 5,000 registered voters didn't have the i.d. required under their brand-new law. in south carolina, the states data kateed 240,000 registered voters were without the required i.d. and wouldn't be able to vote under the states law. in to states alone over a million people were going to be denied the right to vote even though they were registered voters because they didn't possess the newly defined voter i.d. in each of those states. that's more than one million registered voters -- i repeat -- that would have been turned away. thanks to the justice department and court decisions, that didn'
as we work to continue perfecting our union, the importance of this law cannot be overstated. that's why the voting rights act enjoys a broad spectrum of support. in 2006, the senate voted unanimously 98-0 to reauthorize it, and just this year, the department of justice used its authority under section 5 of the voting rights act to object to new voter identification laws that threaten to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters. in texas, according to the state's own data, more than 79...
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lincoln preserved the union. frederick douglass you mentioned. i also have a portrait of him and i've had that portrait sunday -- since i won on the court a little over two decades ago. i'm a big fan of frederick douglass. what courage it took for him, a freed slave, to cite the declaration of independence, not something that is foreign to this nation but the founding document of this nation. he cited that is exhibit a in what was wrong with slavery. exhibit a. he did need to go to another, any other shores or any other ideology. it was our founding ideology. how can you be inherently equal and have slavery? how can you be free and enslaved another? he understood that. so we fought a great war. we go to gettysburg and what does he say? it's up to us, to make it all worthwhile. we are the living. we have the opportunity, finite amount of time to make it work. i hear people, you disagree with someone. that person's motives must be bad. i don't think that mason's motives could probably say that he is a dour man who maybe he wanted to make and so i w
lincoln preserved the union. frederick douglass you mentioned. i also have a portrait of him and i've had that portrait sunday -- since i won on the court a little over two decades ago. i'm a big fan of frederick douglass. what courage it took for him, a freed slave, to cite the declaration of independence, not something that is foreign to this nation but the founding document of this nation. he cited that is exhibit a in what was wrong with slavery. exhibit a. he did need to go to another, any...
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and he emphasized that such security is an avowed and essential object of the american union. government officials have a solemn duty, particularly in the age of global terrorism, to help ensure that the american people are safe and secure. yet at the same time, government also exists to do a lot more than just promote security. its most fundamental purpose is to protect our natural and inalienable liberties. safeguarding individual rights and liberties is the bedrock of american government. in the words of our nation's founding document, the declaration of independence, "it is to secure these rights that governments are instituted among men." in our quest for ever greater security, we must be mindful not to sacrifice the very rights and liberties that make our safety valuable. as benjamin franklin put it, those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. i worry that in seeking to achieve temporary safety, some of the authorities we have given the government under fisa may compromise essential rights and libert
and he emphasized that such security is an avowed and essential object of the american union. government officials have a solemn duty, particularly in the age of global terrorism, to help ensure that the american people are safe and secure. yet at the same time, government also exists to do a lot more than just promote security. its most fundamental purpose is to protect our natural and inalienable liberties. safeguarding individual rights and liberties is the bedrock of american government. in...
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dan's passing, there has been a tremendous outpouring of love from hawaii and every other state in the union, and native communities across the country are mourning the loss and paying tribute to their great champion. dan inouye's absence will be felt in this chamber, and the nation for many years to come. may his legacy live on for generations of native americans and inspire all americans to always strive towards justice and reconciliation. so, mr. president, i urge my colleagues to pass the native hawaiian government reorganization act in the memory of senator daniel k. inouye and his desire to provide parity to the native hawaiian people he loved so much. and to dan, i say aloha oi and hulio, my brother. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ms. murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. president. i request proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: th
dan's passing, there has been a tremendous outpouring of love from hawaii and every other state in the union, and native communities across the country are mourning the loss and paying tribute to their great champion. dan inouye's absence will be felt in this chamber, and the nation for many years to come. may his legacy live on for generations of native americans and inspire all americans to always strive towards justice and reconciliation. so, mr. president, i urge my colleagues to pass the...
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conservative stalwart, jim leaves with a stellar 98.77 lifetime rating from the american conservative union. and crucially, he's made a difference. one member of the press corps once referred to jim as the patron saint of lost causes in the senate. and frankly i don't think we'll be abolishing the tax code any time soon as jim has suggested but that's to miss the point. great causes almost always start out with a consistency -- a constituency of one. and jim has never been afraid to take up important and unpopular causes early and let the polls and the pundit tri -- punditry take care of themselves. after becoming what he called a romping earmarker, he succeeded in convincing others to give up the practice. as a member of the foreign relations committee he was also instrumental in resolving a serious problem in honduras a few years ago after the obama administration misconstrued the legal ouster of a president with a political coup. jim enlisted miguel estrada to figure out what was going on down there and i was happy to travel to honduras to investigate in person. jim reported back it was
conservative stalwart, jim leaves with a stellar 98.77 lifetime rating from the american conservative union. and crucially, he's made a difference. one member of the press corps once referred to jim as the patron saint of lost causes in the senate. and frankly i don't think we'll be abolishing the tax code any time soon as jim has suggested but that's to miss the point. great causes almost always start out with a consistency -- a constituency of one. and jim has never been afraid to take up...
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with the prisks of -- with the proliferation of nuclear weaponry and the dissolution of the soviet union was truly historic and may have saved the world from catastrophe time and again. he reached out to a young senator from illinois by the name of barack obama and took him on a congressional delegation tour to look into this issue. i think at the end of the day, their friendship was solid and president obama notes that it was one of the more important visits that he made as a member of the united states senate overseas. i know dick lugar as well from many times we came together with our wives at the aspen institute. it's truly unfortunate that there aren't more senators participating in the aspen institute. it's a meeting usually overseas of members of the senate and their spouses with experts to discuss some of the most important problems facing us in this world. no lobbyists are allowed to attend. it is truly two or three days of work, but it's also a time in the evening to sit together and come to know a family. and loretta and i have come to know char and dick lugar as exceptional p
with the prisks of -- with the proliferation of nuclear weaponry and the dissolution of the soviet union was truly historic and may have saved the world from catastrophe time and again. he reached out to a young senator from illinois by the name of barack obama and took him on a congressional delegation tour to look into this issue. i think at the end of the day, their friendship was solid and president obama notes that it was one of the more important visits that he made as a member of the...
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dan inouye's work did not end when he took office -- off his soldier's union you uniform. in many ways, it was just beginning. forced by the loss of his arm to give up dreams of a medical career, he entered politics. his was one of the most remarkable careers of public service that our country has ever seen. we will miss dan inouye so much here in the senate. his leadership, his legislative talent, yes, but also his friendship, his humor, his humility, his steadfast belief in the american people. he was the last remaining senator who voted for the civil rights act of 1964. and in that vote and so many others, he served the nation and the senate with distinction that few have ever matched. in michigan we proudly claim an early connection to this noble man. much of his recovery from the wounds that he suffered in italy took place at a veterans hospital in battle creek, michigan. there, he met two other young men, a soldier from kansas named bob dole, and one from michigan named phil hart. they formed a lifelong bond, one that endiewrd all the way to the u.s. senate. in 2003
dan inouye's work did not end when he took office -- off his soldier's union you uniform. in many ways, it was just beginning. forced by the loss of his arm to give up dreams of a medical career, he entered politics. his was one of the most remarkable careers of public service that our country has ever seen. we will miss dan inouye so much here in the senate. his leadership, his legislative talent, yes, but also his friendship, his humor, his humility, his steadfast belief in the american...
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we both entered the union at the same time, in 1959. as a matter of fact, i moi as a kid growing up, i wasn't sure if we had two senators or three senators, because senator inouye's name was so well-known throughout alaska. when our states were entered in 1959, there was opposition to both of us becoming states, but we have proven our opponents wrong. thanks to daniel inouye, hawaii has become a modern, prosperous state. many alaskans have a special fond unless for the 50th state, especially i have to say at this time of the year when it's 40 below in fairbanks. daniel inouye began his public career and service at the age of 17 when he entered the army after the attack on pearl harbor. he served with incredible distinction, earning the nation's highest military medal for action in italy. as a member of the senate, senator inouye continued his fierce defense of his state in his partnership with alaska. my preye predecessor, ted steve, knew senator inouye as his brother. they worked together and produced much good for both our states. tha
we both entered the union at the same time, in 1959. as a matter of fact, i moi as a kid growing up, i wasn't sure if we had two senators or three senators, because senator inouye's name was so well-known throughout alaska. when our states were entered in 1959, there was opposition to both of us becoming states, but we have proven our opponents wrong. thanks to daniel inouye, hawaii has become a modern, prosperous state. many alaskans have a special fond unless for the 50th state, especially i...
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lincoln and what he did for the union being exposed to the decoration of independence and the constitution. i'm here today because of that, honestly. i would live -- like to give special thanks to the national archives. i want to thank you for coming to this extraordinary conversation. i want to encourage those on the television add yen to come to the place, if you can. bring your kids. bring your grand kids and your grand nephew. bring the next generation here, and if you can't come here physically, experience the national archives online. you mentioned the internet. because i think,s if up to us, the living, we can't just think about the future without thinking very deeply about the past. i think this is a place that will help us do that thinking, and so i ask all of you to join me in thanking justice thomas and thanking the archives. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] cases. including the recent ruling on health care. it is about one hour. >> hello, everyone. thank you so much for being here. in my case this happens to be true. i am not myself from philadelphia, but my dad, he was. [ap
lincoln and what he did for the union being exposed to the decoration of independence and the constitution. i'm here today because of that, honestly. i would live -- like to give special thanks to the national archives. i want to thank you for coming to this extraordinary conversation. i want to encourage those on the television add yen to come to the place, if you can. bring your kids. bring your grand kids and your grand nephew. bring the next generation here, and if you can't come here...